— plectognathic, plectognathous /plek tog"neuh theuhs/ , adj.
/plek"tog nath'/ , adj.
1. belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
n.
2. a plectognath fish.
[ 1825-35; Plectognathi, pl. of PLECTOGNATHUS, equiv. to plecto- ( plektós plaited, twisted; see -O-) + -gnathus -GNATHOUS ]